Exact solutions for charged spheres and their stability. II. Anisotropic Fluids

TL;DR

This paper derives exact solutions for charged, anisotropic fluid spheres in general relativity, analyzing their stability and comparing mass-radius-charge relationships with established bounds.

Contribution

It introduces new exact solutions for charged anisotropic spheres with specific density and charge profiles, and evaluates their stability limits.

Findings

Derived critical mass-radius ratios as functions of charge

Compared stability bounds with Andréasson formula

Provided explicit models for charged anisotropic compact objects

Abstract

We study exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations for the interior gravitational field of static spherically symmetric charged compact spheres. The spheres consist of an anisotropic fluid with a charge distribution that gives rise to a static radial electric field. The density of the fluid has the form $\rho (r) = \rho_o + \alpha r^2$ (here $\rho_o$ and $\alpha$ are constants) and the total charge $q(r)$ within a sphere of radius $r$ has the form $q = \beta r^3$ (with $\beta$ a constant). We evaluate the critical values of $M/R$ for these spheres as a function of $Q/R$ and compare these values with those given by the Andr\'{e}asson formula.